‘Village of Moerdijk Unlivable Due to Heavy Industry Regardless’

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Even if the village of Moerdijk manages to survive after all, it will be barely livable. That is what former Minister Ed Nijpels says in the BNR podcast Moerdijk: dorp van de rekening. As early as 2013, a commission under his leadership concluded that further expansion of heavy industry is incompatible with a livable village. ‘The argument was fundamentally flawed: if the village is already as enclosed as it was, things naturally won’t improve i…